This is an analysis of the poem L'Absinthe Du Mort that begins with:
Dieu ! que la France est vaine
Auprès de ces pays !...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXXaaXX XXXbXXXc XXXXXddX XXXXXXXX XXXXaaXX XXXXXbXX XXXXcXXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111011 1011 1111011 111100 1111100 1111110 1111100 1101011 11010 110110 101100 111111 111101 1111 1111011 111011 111110 01111 11010 11101 1111 11110 10011 11010 111110 11101 1110 101110 1111 11010 100110 101010 101110 1111110 1110 111100 111111 11111 110110 1111110 1111111 100011 010111 1011 011011 110100 111110 111100 101011 111111 10111 11011 1111111 10101 1011 111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; les, un, de are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word et is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines core is repeated).
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- summary of L'Absinthe Du Mort;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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